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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1916
Page
3
Paris reports General Gallieni, aged 67, endures extreme strain from military duties and constant parliamentary questioning. He starts work at 5 am, handles cabinet and war council duties, and answers numerous interrogations daily, prompting calls for reform to limit deputies’ interruptions.
The Goodrich Touring bureau offers free advice and route books for motor trips across the United States and Canada. It provides maps, distances, crossings, and repair shop information, with no charge. Motorists are urged to contact Goodrich dealers or the Akron factory for assistance. Also includes tire care tips and storage guidance for tires, rims, and tubes.
An old advertisement urges readers to mail a cutout with five cents to Foley & Co. Chicago for a trial package of Foley remedies including Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup Foley Kidney Pills and Cathartic Tablets from Mann Drug Co.
Mount Airy residents buzz as police hunt Jean Crones of Chicago suspected of poisoning soup at a Chicago Archbishop Mundelein dinner. Detectives report she mailed a postcard from Mount Airy, sparking wide local speculation and a citywide manhunt.
London reports show widespread fear of signals from alleged spies after Zeppelin raids. Lincolnshire witnesses, including Walter Bell, face arrest for displaying lights during raids while officials warn civilians to keep blinds down. In midland towns, lights remain tightly controlled as factories shut and streetcars halt then resume amid bomb threats.
A prompt urges residents to ensure their names appear on the registration books ahead of Saturday night deadline to support improvement efforts for local streets.
An old remedial note promotes Mamburg Breast Tea or hamburger Brust Thee sold by pharmacies. A tablespoon steeped in boiling water is consumed as a tea to break a cold, relieve congestion, loosen bowels, and expel the cold, described as inexpensive and vegetable safe.
Sore back and lumbago relief ad promotes a 25 cent bottle of Jacobs Oil for quick pain relief. Advert describes rubbing into the pain, claims disapperance by fifty, and asserts safety and skin friendliness.
By order of sale of Guilford County Superior Court the commissioner will auction on March 20 1916 at 2 pm on the premises four tracts of Ich Point township land in Guilford including parcels bounded by Main and Willis streets and Kid Lewallen lines with sizes 27 6000, 16000 and 3000 square feet plus several blocks in the RE A Bencini subdivision. Auction for cash to the highest bidder. W H Davis Commissioner. W P Ragan Attorney.
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